Scott Parker wants offensive chants dealt with

Tottenham midfielder Scott Parker has joined the call for strong action to be taken against the senseless minority whose distasteful chants marred last Sunday's north London derby.

Spurs and Arsenal issued a joint statement in the aftermath of the game in which they outlined their disappointment at the chanting towards Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor in particular.

Parker insists he did not actually hear what was being said at White Hart Lane because he was so focused on a game Spurs eventually won 2-1.

However, the 30-year-old has been around long enough to know what goes on in football grounds and he does not believe it is acceptable for stadiums to be the last bastion of verbal abuse.

"It is probably the one sport that people can abuse other people and it seems half acceptable," he said. It is so wrong it is a joke.

"Just because you play for an opposing team doesn't give people the right to abuse you. I didn't hear it at the weekend but I have seen some of the stuff that has been written. If that was the case, the people who were involved need to be dealt with."